AN MD88 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE L REVERSER DEFERRED PER THE MEL AS INOP. BUT STEP #5 SPECIAL PROC NOT COMPLETED.

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I WAS WORKING APR/FRI/03; ACFT X WITH INBOUND LOGBOOK DISCREPANCY AS FOLLOWS: L REVERSER ACCUMULATOR LOW MESSAGE ILLUMINATED DURING CRUISE AT 33000 FT. ALL HYD PRESSURE/QUANTITIES NORMAL. POM PROC EXTINGUISHED MESSAGE. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS AS FOLLOWS: DEFERRED FORWARD TO ZZZ1/PLACARD PER MEL 78-00-01 DEACTIVATED L THRUST REVERSER AND DISPATCH APPROVAL VIA MD88 MAINT CTLR DESK. WHEN DEFERRING THE ABOVE MENTIONED L THRUST REVERSER SYS; I INADVERTENTLY MISSED STEP #5 OF MD88 MEL PROCS 'PULL AND SECURE THRUST REVERSER ACCUMULATOR LOW MESSAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER S-29(L).' ALL OTHER PROCS FOR THIS MEL WERE COMPLIED WITH. THIS CONDITION WAS FOUND AND CORRECTED THE NEXT MORNING BY CONTRACT MAINT IN ZZZ2 (REWORK) TO PULL AND SECURE CIRCUIT BREAKER S-29. NO FLT DELAY OR CANCELLATION OCCURRED. I FEEL THAT THE MEL PRINTED FORMAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT STEP #5 OF THE PROC TO PULL AND SECURE THE FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER S-29 HAD A DOCUMENT REVISION MARK NEXT TO IT AND WAS POSITIONED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE MEL DIAGRAM OF THE THRUST REVERSER CTL VALVE. I FEEL THAT IF THIS STEP WAS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE WITH THE OTHER 4 MEL PROCS; I MAY HAVE NOT MISSED THIS STEP. ALSO I FEEL THAT THIS STEP 'PULL AND SECURE CIRCUIT BREAKER S-29(L) OR T-29(R)' SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 'REMARKS OR EXCEPTIONS' BLOCK OF THE MEL. I WILL MAKE A REQUEST TO CHANGE THIS ITEM THROUGH ACR MEL GROUP.